Here’s an animation by Andy Hueng done in 2005. This is interesting, creepy and thought provoking. Here’s the short blurb from YouTube:
A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.
Am I the only one hungry for this and wanting it RIGHT NOW!?! I can’t be. Seriously, how many people out there just need a machine to take with them while on the move–to get email, use the numerous Google web apps like Docs, Calendar, Maps, Gmail, etc? This will be a PERFECT alternative. Fast, simple, less hassle, less encumbersome… did I mention faster? My Asus Eee Pc with a light linux OS is pretty darn fast… but I don’t even want to bother with the additional applications that comes on it that I never use.
I have slowly but surely moved almost everything I do into the cloud–the internet is where I keep all my files and work–I’m not fully there yet, but knowing Google Chrome OS is coming in 2010 makes me want to wrap up the migration process. Having data lost to computer crashes in the last 15 years has finally gotten me to this point–the last 7 or so years I’ve been lucky and have had no crashes, but I’ve also learned to backup everything pretty hardcore.
Still… I’d rather make “backing up” my work, part of “saving my work” somewhere on the web–the cloud–instantly secure… This would be the awesomeness.
Here’s the first installment of the Sneak Effect podcast. Really, was there an intention to start and finish this first episode because I was committing to a consistently released project: No. Sorry folks, but no.
I started and finished this first episode because I’ve always wanted to try and do an audio podcast with this particular theme for almost 2 years and it had to get out of my head. I had to know if I could do it. Had to know if I would enjoy doing it. Had to know if it was something I’d even like to consider doing again.
The answer to all those questions is yes, yes and yes. That still doesn’t mean you can expect me to turn these out regularly. I got enough stuff requestin’ attention–and I listen to the pull when it’s shouting at me–otherwise it turns into a “job”, and sorry peoples, that is not an option.
If you’re the kind of maniac freak who gets offended by FREE shit not being done on time, then leave now. I’m offended by inconsiderate maniac freaks and this podcast is not for you. That is all. Freak-off. Mini-rant over.
Enjoy… and at the very least you’ll get an episode 2… maybe even an episode 3. We’ll see after that–but after that doesn’t matter: Enjoy this one now and hopefully I’ll make you come back to seek out a number 2. Peace!
I found this some time around Halloween–not sure exactly why I never posted this already. Just came back up while checking starred items in Google Reader. I had to share it. I know I will never look at bubble-wrap the same way again. Now I can’t help making that horrible horrible whining pitiful weeping when all things in my life at the moment seem defeated. This video is done by Arthur Metcalf and has hit up some festivals: It depicts that last moments of horror for a society of sentient bubble-wrap bubbles. Creepy.
Doug Savage, in a Savage Chickens strip once again applies humorous chicken-antic simplicity to something that seemed more complicated in my head three weeks ago.
I am leaving a job I loved for a long time this week. I came to the conclusion (again in my life) that ultimately all choices have one constant: Death. We can either be risk takers and explore life… or we can find stability and die comfortably. Either option is perfectly acceptable by the way. Just seems the first options keeps knockin’ on my life’s door.
What are the odds I’d come across this wonderful animation about “Lil Cthulhu” done by Zachary Murray with the voice of Erika Fontana based on characters from the mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft?
Want a child-friendly way to introduce your little one to the traditions of the Old Cult? Meet little Cthulhu, who lives in the magic city of R’lyeh with all his friends, as you and your child embark on a fun and educational journey through the world of the Great Old Ones, meeting all kinds of new buddies from the Necronomicon along the way, from Azathoth to Yog-Sothoth! This series has won multiple awards and has been enthusiastically approved by the department of child-developmental psychology at Miskatonic University.
AWESOME! Seriously, what a great, awkward and awesome reason to bring young ones into the Cthulhu fold in a non-horror and madness-inducing way! Maybe…
I’m kinda a sucker for Cthulhu-inspired art and stories. It wasn’t always that way, but in the early 90s I started digging into a bunch of horror. I was captivated by the relationship that grew between H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan). The shared alien-god-mythos lore that cropped up in their works just spoke to me (maybe that’s a bad thing, considering–you know–the whole madness thing…).
“Miss Monster“, otherwise known as Melita Curphy created monster-themes art pieces; many of them are out of wood. This Cthulhu head cropped up and allowed me to discover that she’s got tons and tons of tentacle-ly artworks! You can see a bunch more stuff on MissMonster’s DeviantArt Gallery as well!
I love these types of animations that grab the audio from some interview done ad-lib to then be given this treatment. “Germans in the Woods” is a short animation by Rauch Brothers Animation that tells the story of veteran Joseph Robertson’s haunting memory during the Battle of the Buldge in WWII.
The first time I saw this type of production–animation over ad-lib audio–was with Doogtoons, and most recently it was to a Kevin Smith SModcast episode featuring Aquaman–but it’s neat to see this treatment given a serious treatment instead of the typical comedic one.
Some times I come across a video that immediately strikes me before I even watch it. This coming from Boing Boing, was headlined as a “video about the world’s greatest pop shop”… and you know what… they’re probably right. Here’s the info from YouTube about the video above:
John Nese is the proprietor of Galcos Soda Pop Stop in LA. His father ran it as a grocery store, and when the time came for John to take charge, he decided to convert it into the ultimate soda-lovers destination. About 500 pops line the shelves, sourced lovingly by John from around the world. John has made it his mission to keep small soda-makers afloat and help them find their consumers. Galcos also acts as a distributor for restaurants and bars along the West Coast, spreading the gospel of soda made with cane sugar (no high-fructose corn syrup if John can avoid it).
This guy speaks with such knowledge and enthusiasm that it made me want to fly out to LA, .like, RIGHT NOW, so that I could try some of those damn sodas! I love to experiment with food and drinks. I’ve stopped drinking as much pop as I used to–but let me tell you, if a store like this opened in Waterloo, I’d be screwed.
… Maybe I’ll find some partners and funding and open one…
“Doll Face” by Andy Hueng
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